Gmar Chasima Tova
Hello, all. I wanted to wish you a gmar chasima tova and an easy, meaningful Yom Kippur.
Comfort Food
Menu-writing is a comforting exercise I often turn to around Yom Tov time. Note that I seldom actually cook (eek).
Checking In
Hi, all. I hope you had a nice Rosh Hashanah. I had some sad news…
Thoughts and Prayers Before Rosh Hashanah
I didn’t want to leave off the old year without wishing you a happy, good, sweet new one. A year in which you see
Bobbing on the Water
This is the time of year I usually set goals.
Twenty for 5784 – The Review
Hi, all. It’s that time of year, when we review the list of not-really-goals I set before last Rosh Hashanah. I did so-so this year. Here we go:
Losing the Plot
Once upon a time, I wanted to write a book about shidduchim, and I thought I’d structure it around my hero’s journey.
Nonfinite Loss
I have found it helpful in recent years to think about unchosen, prolonged singlehood in terms of grief and loss.
Two Kinds of Coping
I learned this idea in a recent training and thought it was helpful to think about. When confronted with a stressful situation, there are two categories of coping strategies, both of which can be helpful:
A Reading Challenge for the School Year
Several years ago, I read The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller. This book is about how to create a culture of reading in an elementary school classroom. The signature of this program is the 40 Book Challenge. Each student is challenged to read forty books on their own over the course of the school year. They are not graded on …